Part 3: LoRes Node, connecting us to other local servers

We have a Raspberry Pi, serving wikipedia the internet with Co-op Cloud, but we need a way to link this up with our neighbourhood so that we can start to build a local resilient mesh that supports our community.

With do this by installing the lores-node software, which is a web app designed to allow Node Stewards to administer the node, and to provide some transparency to members of the public.

Just like with traefik and kiwix, this is installed using Co-op Cloud, but using the abra tool to install a new app on our serve.

Creating the app

Let’s add the new app using:

abra app new lores-node

There shouldn’t be any need to create custom configuration for lores-node at this stage.

Deploying the app

Deploy this change to your Raspberry Pi by running:

abra app deploy lores-node.YOUR_SERVER_DOMAIN

Then you can check that it has worked by directing a web browser at https://lores-node.YOUR_SERVER_DOMAIN

Pushing our changes to git

If we’re happy that our changes worked we can push them to git.